Every year tens of thousands of entrepreneurs pitch investors with their tech startup ideas. We at Sifted asked ourselves: could a robot do any better?
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December 16, 2020
A robot wrote these startups pitches. Would you invest in them?
Every year tens of thousands of entrepreneurs pitch investors with their tech startup ideas. We at Sifted asked ourselves: could a robot do any better?
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